Julia DeVillers is the author of books that empower teen and tween girls. Her books have been featured in national publications including The New York Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly. 

 Her next book will be How My Private, Personal Journal Became a Bestseller.  It will be a hardcover release by Dutton/Penguin in May 2004.  Film and TV rights are represented by The Gotham Group.

She also is the fiction series for tween girls, Tuned In (2003).  It is sold exclusively in Limited Too stores, in their catalog and on their web site. The series currently includes:  Fast Friends, Star Struck, True Teamwork, Music Mania, School Spirit and Doggie Dreams.

 DeVillers’ most recent nonfiction book is Girlwise:  How to Be Confident, Capable, Cool and In Control (Random House, 2002.)  It is now in its second printing.  Girlwise includes contributions from Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries), Marci Shimoff (Chicken Soup for the Women’s Soul), and publishers and editors from teen magazines including YM, CosmoGIRL, Teen People and ELLEGirl.  Her previous book for girls, Teen girlfriends:  Celebrating the Good Times, Getting Through the Hard Times is part of the NY Times best-selling Girlfriends series. The Dorm Survival Guide (Random House) will be released in Spring 2005.

 DeVillers is the former editorial director of  a health educational publishing. She developed nonfiction books and multimedia for children and teens.

She received her M.A. in journalism from The Ohio State University with graduate courses in children’s literature and a B.A. in communications from the State University of New York at Oswego.

 DeVillers is represented by Karen Gerwin and Katy Mccafferty of William Morris Agency.  Her website is girlwise.com.